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@quark, It'd give Cheney another heart attack knowing that his beloved Haliburton would be going bankrupt (again).
(I wonder if Cheney would even notice if he had a heart attack at this point, he's had so many already. Obviously he's proven that, like the decifit, heart's don't matter.)
@quark, yeah, the savings not having to spend on political kick backs alone would be in the trillions in the first few months (maybe weeks).
@quark, I don't know which came first, but I live in Southern California, so I'm going start bunkering down and arming up. 'dey ain't takin' my sunlight without fight gul' dang'it!
Maxrot,
It would be interesting to know how much oil we could save by closing many of our bases around the world and ending our wars...
Maxrot,
LOL! Which came first --- the war or the commodity?
@quark, if we had wars for salt, and have wars for oil, if we move to solar energy will we have wars for sunlight?
@harry 'scuse me, am I using too many punctuation marks. I'm not certain that I pay much attention to the number of apostrophes I use. I don't think it matters all that much really, ain't hurtin' no one. Can't really be 'fending you can it?
Right on Thom! We are an interconnected circuitry with the natural world and the quick fix technology pill is not always the answer. Our planet is a living system.
Yuuca Mountian out in the middle of nowhere? Jesus! There are entire indian tribes living there. Why doesnt anyone talk about SOLAR THERMAL -
Sign the Billion Dollars a Day petition and see the video here. Vote Vets has a campaign going to get us off sending money to the very enemies they are fighting.
http://www.billiondollarsaday.com/
SOLAR THERMAL - its nuclear without the mining. SAC Utility to build 400MW, we already have army with a 400MW in the mojave....pretty sure.
That 50% coal figure is years and years old. The new figure is 23% for 2009 EIA publication is http://energyaction.blogspot.com/
Perhaps someone really ought to look into this further as to exact critera. I have not and I should, but these are the latest numbers. Maybe we have been doing a better job of activism than we admit.
Energy Usage- in general, coal 23, petroleum 37, natural gas 24%, nuclear 8%, renewables 7% [solar 1%, geothermal 5%, wind 7%, hydropower 34%, biomass 53%].
It amazes me that we use Petrochemical fertilizers to grow corn, which we then convert into gasohol.
Oil
It seems to me that if there really is an oil shortage, then we would also have a shortage of Petrochemical products, such as detergents, fertilizers, medicines, paints, plastics, synthetic fibers and synthetic rubber as well. Is peak oil just another means of maintaining a high price by manipulating supply and demand?
Thom,
You're forgetting that, just as ancient armies used the SALT, today's military uses the preponderance of the OIL!
@Maxrot: do you get paid by the apostrophe?
Any one here listen to Thom on LA's KTLK... if so I'm wondering if anyone else find's canidate for Gov Meg Whitman's campaign against Steve Poisner as hilarious as I do. Everything that she's pointing out about him in these ad's only bolster's his case for progressives. I can only assume her campaign has no idea that she's bought ad time on a progressive talk radio station.
I'm not going to vote for either, of course. I just think there's just so many flaw's in this campaign embodied by such a glaring oversight, it makes you wonder just how out of touch this politician is.
@rladlof, don't for get 'dem diet pills. 'merica god bless us everyone ('cept 'dem brown people... 'dey ain't no 'mericans no how)
@ MAXBOT: Road trip to WalMart!!!! YOOHOOO!!!
It maybe CRUDE but yesterday’s and today’s Rude Pundit on Nebraska and Arizona lawmakers running amok is worth knowing about (CAUTION: If you have languaging issues you may choose to Google “Nebraska Abortion” and “Arizona Police Power Immigration” instead):
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/
@rladlof, I think Palin's sheep dream of a world where they can buy a box Ammunition, 2 Lottery Tickets, a cheap Porn mag, a dozen donuts and a bottle of Jack all for less than $10. Yeeeeha bubba!
re: Blanch Lincoln turning over. A politician that's prone to flip their stance 180 degrees is like being on a ship that's prone to capsizing. When you set out for your journey and the weather seems fine, the ship is wonderful, but when you're out in the middle of the ocean and a storm comes up and flips your ship, whether you're stuck inside the ship trying to get out or thrown off directly into the sea, either way you're screwed, because you didn't set sail in a vessel with proper ballast.
@Mark K RE: “Sarah Palin only seems to care about nothing save nurturing her own ego and bank account”
Isn’t the American dream since President ‘Ron-dog’ Reagan?
Elizabeth Warren --- Saving American Homes Key to Recovery
Bailed-out bankers don't want to help desperate home owners. Interesting interview with Elizabeth Warren on Rachel Maddow last night:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#36488161
A tax on gambling- to pay for bank failures,
What next?
A tax on big oil to pay for our OIL WAR.